Receptacle-closure.



B. F. FREEMAN. RECEPTACLE CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. I916- Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN E. FREEMAN, 0E LONG IsLANE CITY, NEW YORK.

. RECEPTACLE-GLOSURE.

Application filed June 17, 1916.

This invention relates to receptacle closures and has to do particularly with closures for locking the receptacle from the inside thereof so that the interior of the receptacle cannot be reached except by the destruction of the receptacle.

The invention also relates particularly to closures and closure fastenings for toy banks and provides a novel closure and fastening for use with the ordinary metal receptacles of commerce such as are used in the packaging and distribution of food products. These receptacles, when empty of their contents, may be converted into toy banks by the addition of this novel closure.

One object of the invention is to provide a metallic can closure having locking means for engagement with the receptacle on which the closure is adapted for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for looking a can closure in such a manner that it may be opened only by the release of a latch within the closure.

Other details of the invention will be further explained and set forth in the ac companying specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the closure and the locking bolts applied to a receptacle which is circular and has a circular opening for the reception of the closure.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and representing the position of the closure and the locking bolts with respect to the receptacle, the fastening device for locking the bolts in position being illustrated in its locked position.

Fig. 3 represents the locking device for fastening the bolts in position, and

Fig. 4 represents the tube or collar through which the locking device for the bolts is adapted to extend and on which said device engages to prevent the removal of the bolts. v

Referring to thedrawings 1 represents a metal receptacle of commerce such as is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Serial No. 104,178.

commonly used in the sale of canned vegetables, syrups and fruits. of this receptacle is provided with an opening 2 which is illustrated as circular in outline. The closure for this receptacle is pr0- vided with a main central portion 3 having the peripheral rim or wall 4 which in turn has an annular flange 5 adapted to engage with and rest on the top surface of the receptacle. .Centrally located in the portion 3 of the closure is an opening 6 adapted to receive a tubular collar 7 having a flange 8 .As illustrated in the drawing this flange is of the closure and the tubular collar is extended adapted to rest on the portion 3 downwardly through the opening 6 into the interior of the receptacle. The flange may be secured in position by any suitable means such as by soldering or may merely rest in position and be retained in place by the fastening bolts 3 as will be presently described. The peripheral rim d of the closure has a plurality of openings therethrough for the reception of the ends of the locking bolts 9 which extend across the surface 3 of the closure. As illustrated it will be observed that these bolts have a centrally located opening 10 adapted to be in alinement with the opening 6. In the use of this 010- sure the bolt members 9 are slid through the opening in the peripheral rim first on one The top surface side thereof until the opposite end of the in, the bolt members retaining this collar,

in position and passing across the top of the flange 8 thereof. The parts are now in position for the reception of the device 11 for locking the bolts in position. This de vice is inserted through the openings 10 and the tubular collar 7 and comes into its locked position by engaging the extreme inner end of the collar 7. In the preferred form as illustrated in the drawing the device 11 completely closes and covers the opening 10 in' th'e bolts and is formed of spring metal and with the recurved ends 11 for engaging the end of the collar 7 and preventing the withdrawal of the device 11.

The invention is peculiarly fitted for use as a locking closure for toy banks in which it is desired to prevent access to the bank until it is the desire of the owner to destroy the same. For this purpose the closure surface 3 is provided with the opening 12 and chute 13 which in turn may be provided with a device for preventing the return escape of the coin.

The closure may be formed separately from the receptacle and sold as an advertising novelty for use with the receptacle and the simplicity and low cost of manufacture make it possible for producers of food products to offer this closure as inducement for the purchase of the original receptacles with their food contents.

From the foregoing it will be clear that this invention provides an inexpensive and simply constructed can closure and locking device therefor which may have use as adapt ed to any receptacle for which said closure may be used. Changes in construction, relative location of the parts and material may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a receptacle provided with an opening and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a substantially rigid bar member extending from said closure, beyond the same and engaging the inner surface of said receptacle, and a locking member engaging with said bar member to hold the same in fixed relation with respect to said closure and said receptacle. 2. The combination with a receptacle provided with an opening and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a substantially rigid bar member extending from said closure, beyond the same and engaging said receptacle, and a locking member engaging with said bar member to hold the same. in fixed relation with respect to said closure and said receptacle, said locking member extending through said closure and locking on the inner side thereof.

3. The combination with a receptacle provided with an opening and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a substantially rigid bar member extending across said closure and having its ends projecting beyond either side thereof and engaging the inner surface of said receptacle, and a locking member engaging with said bar member and holding the same in fixed relation to said closure and said receptacle.

4. The combination with a receptacle provided with an opening and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a substantially rigid bar member extending across said closure and having its ends projecting beyond either side thereof, said ends engaging with said receptacle, and a locking member engaging with said bar member and holding the same in fixed relation to said closure and said receptacle, said locking member extending through said closure and being subject to release only from the inner side thereof.

5. The combination with a receptacle provided with a circular opening and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a substantially rigid bar member extending diametrically across said closure and having its ends projecting beyond said closure and engaging with said receptacle, said bar and said closure each having an opening therethrough, and a locking member extending inwardly through the opening in said bar member and said closure and latching on the inner side thereof to prevent endwise movement of said bar members.

6. The combination of a receptacle closure having an opening therethrough of a substantially rigid bar member extending across said closure and having an opening therethrough and its ends extending beyond said closure, and a locking member extending through said bar member and said closure and latching on the side of said closure opposite from said bar member.

7. The combination of a receptacle closure having a main portion and a rim wall extending at an angle to said main portion, said rim wall being provided with an opening therethrough, and said main portion having an opening therethrough, a substantially rigid bar member extending across the main portion of said closure and having an opening therethrough and its ends projecting through said openings in said rim wall, and a locking member extending through the opening in said bar member and through the opening in said closure and latching on the side of the closure opposite to said bar member.

8. The combination with a receptacle provided with a circular opening therein and a closure therefor of a fastening device for locking said closure in its closed position comprising a bar member extending diametrically across said closure and having its ends beyond said closure and engaging with said receptacle, said bar member and said closure each having an opening therethrough, a tubular member extending from said opening in said closure downwardly into said receptacle, and a locking member extending inwardly through said bar member and through said tubular member and latching on the inner end thereof, said looking member having spring hooked ends for engagement with the end of said tubular member.

9. The combination of a receptacle provided with a substantially circular opening the rim of which is spaced inwardly from the lateral edge of the receptacle a closure therefor having an annular wall arranged to eX- tend into said opening for frictional engagement with said rim to retain said closure in the closed position, said annular wall of the closure being perforated ,a fastening bar extending through said perforations to engage the under surface of said receptacle rim, and a locking member engaging said bar and closure.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. FREEMAN. Witnesses:

MARTIN L. MILLER, CHARLES D. MODALLUM.

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' Washington, I). G. 

